Multiple coat hanger support



SePt- 2 1952 K. F. LEACH MULTIPLE com HANGER SUPPORT Filed March 17,1949 WEA/TUR. KANT /z' LfAcH.

@H2M/1MM' Patented Sept. 2, l-952 ;V" 3 k'.zlimg'lolH Y. 1,.'

' -MUL'rIPLEYooAT HANGER SUPPORT i fixant F. Leash, Engiewd, 'colo'. Y"Animation Mai-cu 17, 1949 ,"ser11eNa 81,901

'I'his invention relates .improvements in` .diillcult to find room foras many coat or `garment `hangers as are needed to lproperly supportth'ei clothing that must be stored in the closet. ,A large number ofpersons are touring the :country in automobiles and must carry `many'articles of clothing. Automobiles are not well `suited for transportingclothing except in boites,

suitcases `'or trunks and tourists who stop fre- "quently -at hotels ortourist camps gprefer` to `transpori'f-the greater part of theirclothing `suspended from garment hangers of the usual kind.

It is now customary to provide small double ended hooks of which one maybe positioned on the top edge of each car window in the rearcompartment. Such hooks are small and as a rule only a single hanger canbe supported lfrom each window, which limits the capacity to carrygarments suspended from hangers.

It is the object of this invention to produce a simple, inexpensivedevice that can be suspended from a hook, a bar, or from the upper edgeof an automobile window and which shall be so constructed that it willsupport a plurality of coat vor garment hangers with garments thereon.

A further object is to produce a device for the purpose ydescribed thatshall be so constructed that it may be supported from either end, one

end having means for attaching it to the top of an automobile windowpane and the other Vend having means for effecting a supportingconnection with a. hook or bar and which will also serve for a hand gripfor carrying the device with the loaded hangers. to and from anautomobile.

A still further object ,is to produce a device of the class specified,oi such a design that it can be constructed by simple tools and with aminimum amount of hand work.

The above and other objects that may become apparent as the descriptionproceeds are obtained by means oi a construction that will now bedescribed in detail and for this purpose reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing in which the invention has been illustrated, and inwhich:

. Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing an automobilewindow, partly open, with an improved garment hanger support inoperative position thereon;

geminis. (origin-4st) Figure 2 is a section taken on line :I+-2, Figure1; e

Figure 3 is a side view showingl-the support device'suspended from arod;

Figure 4 is a lfront elevation of the :device `shown in Figure 3,;

Figure 5 is a view showing agplurality of `coat hangers suspendedv fromthe support.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary section, similar to Figure 2 and shows thedevice supported from 4a door.; and

Figure 'I is a section similar to Figure Zand shows a modified form ofhook thatcan be supported either froma window `or a--door. I

or window opening. rhis glass issosupported that the window may beopened or closed by moving the glass pane up or down by suitable mechanisms that have not been shown.

In Figure 1 the window has been shown slightly open and the supportingdevice that forms the subject of this invention has been shown in placethereon and supported from the upper edge of the pane by means of a hookIl whose construction will be hereinafter described in greater detail.

The supporting device itself in the form in which it is presentlyconstructed, is made from a piece of thin rod or heavy wire that hasbeen designated by reference numeral I2. This wire is provided at oneend with a loop like that designated by reference numeral i3 to whichthe hook il is connected by an integral loop ii' in the manner quiteclear from the drawings. The wire is then bent into a series of closedcoils or rings I4. There may be as many coils as .desired, and the endof the wire opposite from hook Ii terminates in a hook i5 of sufilcientsize to permit the device to be supported from a rodv like thatindicated by i6 in Figures 3 and 4.

In Figure 2 a side elevation has been shown in which a number ofordinary coat or garment hangers of the type usually made from Wire havebeen indicated by dotted lines. the coat hangers being designated byreference numeral i1. It will be apparent from Figure 2 that as manycoat hangers can be supported as there are coils or rings, for example,in the construction shown in Figures 1 to 4 in the drawing, there arefive coils and therefore five coat hangers can be supported thereon.

In Figure 5 the support has been shown as held in a horizontal positionwith five coat "hangers and garments supported thereby. When either endis moved upwardly, the coat hangers space for all the clothes in closetsand it is oftenI necessary to employ hooks fastened to the doors of thebedrooms. This invention, -by a' slight modification, can be adapted.for usewith either doors or windows. In Figure 6, the hook I l ofths'plenes 0f. the Coi allel to th plane of th hook, "s'a'id Hook beingcomprising a hook for engaging the top of th planar member, that portionbelow the hook being formed into a. plurality of closed coils ofsubstantially equal diameters, the centers of the coils being spacedfrom each other a distance greater than the diameters of the coils, theportions of the rod like member connecting the coils beine Sbraishtandin sub tantalexialalignment,

` t ei'nggsubstaritilly pari |formed from sheet metalv and connectedwith the yend of the rod like member for pivotation about .anaxisperpendicular to the plane of the coils.

,s 2. AA device in accordance with claim 1 in which the hook has threeright angularly related sides, onecf .which is pivotally connected atits Figure 2 has been widened to t over the top'of door 10a. The widenedhook has been designated .byl'lbV j In Figure 7, hook ll has beenextendedand combined with hook IIb tothe endthat the invention may besupported rvfrom a ,window as shown or from the 'top of a door. f

One common feature is thatA theV devices are provided with hooks sorelated to the coil or ring portion that the plane of the coils will beperpendicular to the door or window from which the device is supported.

Having described the invention what isclaimed as new is: Y

1. A garment hangersupport for use in supporting a plurality of hookedgarment hangers 'from the top of a planar member such as a pane of glassor the like, comprising' a metal rod like Iendwiththe coiled member.

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